******** Cyber Party ********

Greetings Cysters and Welcome to Cyber Party!
Let's relax and have a bit of fun!  Tell us where you are from and who your nearest and dearest are.  If you brng a cyber munchie to share put it on the table over by the hot tub.  Waters at 102 degrees and we wll have a cyber soak while we complete this thought.  I remember way back when....
I'll go first, I remember way way back when a guy came into the pieshop, my first job, once a month to check the microwave for radiation.  They were just coming out and not trusted yet!  I also remember way back when my microwave crapped out and I insisted on getting a new one the next day primarily to warm up bottles for my son.  I was spoiled by the thng already!  Tell us what you remember way back when!  MV

[urbangal]

HI!!!I remember way back when..I was a little girl watching The Sonny and Cher show(when everyone thought they were a normal couple!), The Mod Squad(cool outfits,now they would be vintage)and Adam 12(10/4 Adam 12!)...Those were great days..me and my hubby laugh about those shows all the time!
Mary

[AnotherKatie]

That's a funny topic Mary!  We had a black and white TV that had to warm up before the picture came on, anyone remember that?  There were two channels available!  I never missed the Mickey Mouse Club show, I LOVED it, I was SO jealous of Annette Funicello!  
Hope you gals in the States where it is cold and blowing are staying safe and warm,
Love from Katie in Alberta, Canada

[urbangal]

We had black and white too and I remember the whole warm up! i don't remember The Mickey Mouse Club too well but I was more a mystery and police drama kinda girl..Scobby Doo and Nancy Drew Mysteries and The hardy boys!!Oh yah...
Mary

[RavenLady]

You are just a pup Mary!  I remember way back when the first family in our neighborhood got a color TV.  All the kids on the block were invited over to watch "The Wizard of OZ".  That's still one of our favorites!  MV

[AnotherKatie]

Two Marys!  Yaaaaaay!  (one young and one ancient, like me!)
Mary/Raven, I remember going to the neighbors to watch colour too!  I wonder if they minded??!!  They were always nice to us kids!  Remember all the Christmas specials, like Andy Williams and Bing Crosby?
We always got lots of American shows you know!  We are practically the same really, aren't we???  :)
Hi to you too, urbangal Mary, maybe we should call you Mary the Younger LOL.  Have you had any luck latching onto the MSN site?

[mamadabomba]

I remember when the milk man brought milk in glass bottles and would put them outside the front door in a metal crate. My mom would always fire up some good old oat meal cookies mmmmmmmmmmmmgood!!!!!and that milk went down so cold. Oh what I would do for just one more moment like that. Milk in plastic is no good. Bring back that cute milk man.........hahahaha I would buy my milk like that again wouldn't you girls????????? I love you guys and I just started my post yesterday. Thanks I need this. I love to go back to warm moments in my childhood.THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RavenLady]

Welcome Mamadabomba!  Hop in the hot tub! there's room by Canuck Katie and Mary the Younger!  Got a chocolate torte and other goodies for later!  Anyone care for one of my famous cyber margaritias?  I remember way back when I wore a plaid uniform and daily inspection was conducted by a very vatican one Sister Margaret Louise, she made us kneel on the floor to check the length of our skirts while holding out our hands to prove clean nails, basic training and barking sergeants were a walk in the park compared to that Nun!  MV

[AnotherKatie]

Where's Mary53????  Tis the season for Merry Mary's...??
Yeah I know "anotherKatie have anotherdrink and pipe down".

One thing I like about these pool parties is that I don't have to worry about how big my THIGHS are!!!!

Hey there are some power outages in Ontario and the East, hope Becky, Angela and the other eastern gals are OK....OH NO that means ... no internet access!!!

[mamadabomba]

I just picked up some egg nogg and I do have the rum. I love egg nogg!! That hot tub sounds good! Hi girls....I remember those wonderful record shops. You know the kind that had their own kinda smell. There is nothing like a 33 playing. Cd's are great. But I love hearing those 33's  all stacked up and you could stack up multiple vinyl and just listen for the crackle. EGG Nogg anyone. Its beautiful weather down here on the N.C coast.
Shirl

[SimplyStar]

During my student nurse days I had to do a 3 month affiliation for Physc in St. Louis, we were in a huge mental facility, 4 floors.  4th floor being the ready for dismissal floor. Men and women were separated into different wings. On Friday nights we let them loose in the big dining room, with music and dancing and a 4" black and white tv. Needless to say, it was a riot. Every so often someone would go up to the tv and look in back of it to see where the people were. Most "love affairs" lasted for the 3 hours and then were forgotten till next Friday. Hey I remember ice wagons, cards in the window to tell them how much you wanted. Cutting the ice in the river and storing it in the ice house. Using cinders from the coal stove to help get the car out of the driveway in winter. Outhouses were darn cold in the winter  but no one wanted the job of empting the "slop jars". My babies were all born without Dr. Benjamine Spock. So far so good on this 76 year old brain, I miss some of the  "good ole days" but I cherish progress. Because it is so cold here, I brought chili, fill your bowls, sprinkle with cheese and lets PARTY.

[RavenLady]

(Raven splashes Star as she moves up to perch on the edge and sip a rum laden nog)  Cheers my Cysters!  I am more of an age where I remember way back when, like Mary, we collected 45s and instead of a boombox you had the cute little suitcase record player!  My sister and I had a pink one!  I also remember way back when I lived in San Antonio and two of my friends worked in the Psych ward at the big military hospital.  John would come home doing the "thorizine shuffle" emulating his wards!  Tough work! Great chili Mamadabomba!

[AnotherKatie]

What was your FIRST 45 record???????

[urbangal]

Mary the younger..LIke that!Katie,haven't tried the other site yet...Oh so about those milk bottles we get thenm sometimes at Whole Foods..They have them in the oraganic section...The bottles are great and hubby thinks they make nice vases when your done..lol..i'm in Toronto and no power outages.
Mary

[urbangal]

hmmm..45...Bay City Rollers!!!!!

[mamadabomba]

I am trying to keep track of all yalls names in here. I am having so much fun. I must admit I had a few noggs before I got here. Its really the only time I tip if you get my drift. But I love me some Nogg yall! I would love to have some chili, and yes I want some cheese on that. Did any one bring the sour cream? can't have chili without that! How about roller skating. I got my first kiss in the darkest corner of the roller rink. I had a red case with  a key I was so proud of my red skate case, my mom bought it at a resale shop and I loved them. Those skates were so heavy! I was taught to skate by the town drunks. A husband and wife team that could skate better the drunker they got! LOL She had real red teased hair and he never shaved. But they were determined to teach me to skate. I learned and now you could not get my get my big butt in skates for nothing!!!!It would be tragic!!!!!!!!! I am having fun thanks for the invite!

[SimplyStar]

My first 45 was Bing Crosby and White Christmas. Sitting here remembering, hop scotch, jacks, jumping ropes, marbles, kick the can, actually knocking over outhouses on Halloween, cheerleading and my waist band broke and skirt fell to the field. First kiss at 14. Splashing Raven back. Before WW2 when my brothers were still home, our money went for records and they had the job of teaching me to dance. Jitterbug crazy then.

[cirella]

Good Evening Girls!  Thought I'd pop in to say hello.  Urbangal...glad you're feeling better!

I'm in Rockford, IL which is about 15 miles from the WI border.  Just got 12 inches of snow yesterday and it's gone from 60 last week to 16 today.  Brr.  But, the hot tub feels so warm and cozy. Love to be out in the freezing night in a hot tub!

I remember, back in the 60's, before seat belts and all, my dad would pile all the neighborhood kids in the convertable and take us to Swensen's Ice Cream.  We could get whatever we wanted.

And, remember when you would go outside barefoot for the first time of the season?  We lived in CA then.  

Loved the Mickey Mouse Club! Sometimes it's still on.

[AnotherKatie]

haha I am listening to a Bing Crosy "Christmas Crooners" CD RIGHT NOW!!!!  Funny eh.  (oh yeah OK maybe the format changed!!!)

[RavenLady]

Bobby Shermans"Little Women" was the first 45 and Jimi Hendrix my first album, way back when!  MV

[RavenLady]

Right now I am listening to Trans Siberian Orchestra, Christmas Tunes with attitude!  Frank and I are going to the concert on December 30th, the anniversary of our first kiss! MV

[SimplyStar]

Guess at times I have a hard time relating to the fears you girls are sharing. I listen to my daughter explain how she feels and I feel so incompetent because I cannot just put a bandaide on her "owie" any more. Like those mentally ill people I watched long ago, they needed a break once in a while also and so do all of you. You have no idea how much I admire the female spirit. I rushed out and brought the sour cream . Grabbing a nog and toasting you all.  CHEERS!!!!!

[AnotherKatie]

Steppenwolf, Baby!  "Born to be Wild"!!!!

[RavenLady]

I remember way back when we had bomb drills in school and practiced hiding under our desks, as though that would help!  MV

[Mary 53]

I'm here! Nice to see my name, though. Say, a little problem here. If Mary (Urban...) is Mary the younger (which I like and support for what it is worth) and you, Katie, are refering to  yourself as ancient...well, where do I fit in...hmmmm? Help me Raven!!!

Mother-in-law over for dinner tonight. So much better than last time. Not fearful of the dogs...drinking the standard Manhattan (nothing last time) and coffee...again, when she said "no" to coffee when she was here last time, I was really worried. Alzheimers has taken it's toll, but she was struggling with a virus last time and on meds that upset her stomach. Well, the dogs are thrilled that "Mimi" can pet them and not be afraid of their sweet selves....

My first 45...the first one I bought was "Kind of a Drag" by oh gosh....Jan and Dean? The Buckinghams? How on earth can I not remember that?

Favorite all time album....

Tapestry...Carole King.

Catch you all in a bit...apple pie and coffee is ready.

Mary

[mamadabomba]

Thanks for the sour cream! I am soon gonna have to go hubby is coming home in a few minutes. This has been a treat I have been in this hot tub so long I am all wrinkled up! You all have really taken my mind off my surgery coming up Tuesday the 5th. maybe if you throw a party next Saturday night I can join ya'll. I can't wait to get to know all of you. You are so cool. Me and my hubby is gonna play remember when tonight. Hmmmmmmmm GIRLS that sounds interesting. Thanks for that idea. He will think I am nutts! After all this Nogg I am nutts! Have fun, keep the Nogg going theres is more outside the door the milkman left it......LOL

[cirella]

I think my first 45 was something by the Beatles, maybe Twist and Shout?  And, man, I must have played the Monkeys 45 over and over and over.

[RavenLady]

Then off with you Mamadabomba!  Did you know you and Kathy (Toadster) in Hawaii are surgery Cysters Tuesday?  You are!  
Mary 53, I dub you Mary the Wise of course!  I'll always be Raven, one of the first women to hit the flightline to work B52s older than I was!  So who remembers their first kiss?  Mine happened when I was 14 with a fellow I met at the State Science fair (Geek Girl even then!)  His name was Patrick, a strapping 15 year old Irish lad, and we were hiking in the woods, we felt so brazen! MV

[AnotherKatie]

Mary: The Buckinghams!

cirella: (is that short for Cinderella) Who was your "fav"?  MINE was Davy Jones!  I had a replica Monkees shirt, would be worth a fortune now I guess!
Did you guys read Tiger Beat??!!!

SimplyStar: You betchya, that female spirit! Women rule!!
You ARE doing the right thing just by LISTENING to your daughter.  That's the best thing you can do!  I can only imagine what a heart break it is to watch your child (no matter what age of course) go through this....

[SimplyStar]

My first kiss at 14 was in the basement of his house. OH MY but I fell in love right then. 4 more years of school, 4 years of college, he married one of our classmates. At our 50th year class reunion the subject came up, do you remember your first kiss. I don't think the cad remembered it, he was sitting at my table too. I had an appendectomy when I was 15 and I still have the note he sent me,   "To my love sick mama from papa"  But the best kiss I ever had was June 22nd 1952 at my wedding to my precious hubby.

[cirella]

anotherkatie: sometimes I feel like Cinderella...ha ha, not really, but I did marry a prince.  Cirella is my last name.

My favorite Monkey was/is Micky. Oh, ya...Tiger Beat was IT.  Donny Osmond and all.  I had the biggest crush on that kid who played Oliver Twist in Oliver!

There's this old time candy store in Geneva, IL.  They carry all the ones I remember. Neccos and Blackjack Gum.  Those little pop bottles with liquid in them.  Candy necklaces, but they still make those.

[fungirl]

Hi everyone, am I to late to join the party?  If not, I have brought some brownis and some strawberry daquries.  The hot tub looks so inviting.  I am looking forward to a very long soak.  How is everyone doing on this fine Saturday night?

[fungirl]

I remember way back when I sat around on Friday night watching Dallas with my mom and dad.  I also remember way back when I used to listen to the Grease sound track (8 track that is).

[toadster]

hi guys its th toadser
wll ok between the beverly hillbillies, annette funicello was my idol, so was doris day, i would otaken Rock Hudson anyday (lol) and yep black and whit gettingmy older brother to go out and get the antenna in the right spot - we had a maroni
Ed Sullican, then Bonanza on SUnday nights IF we ate all our dinner.
Then we would sneak toast - peanutbutter and jam while hte "oldies"went to bed
I DORED the Beatles but have to brag saw ELVIS HERE IN HAWII 1973 - his satellite concert, I was a flight attendant with Hawaiian AIrlines and we got invited to a VIP party (who can beat that one! lol) I was CONVINCED I could get him - well we know hte rest of the story.
I loved The Donna Reed Show, Gunsmoke, Nancy Drew Books, Trixie Belden, Oh lord Im amold! First 45 was I think - "She Loves You" by the Beatles.   Remember also Kind of a Drg - I wasin grade 8!!!!  and trying to hustle guys with cars!!!! I was a good/bad girl but has a blast!!! ALways broke my curfews and snuck in the bedroom window and got busted a few times.
ANything eolse you wanna hear!!!!!   Need a HUGE cotton pickin strong drink but cant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Soon tho~!!!!!!!!!! I hope Im note late for the party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Im on Hawaiian TIme
Kath

[RavenLady]

Hop in Kase, there's room next to Cinderella, I mean Lori (don't forget, no glass slippers in the tub!)  Penny candy I remember that way back when pixie stix and Likemaid were all the rage!  My favorite soda (we say pop in Minnesota, quaint) is still orange crush in the bottle.  My sister and I would get our penny candy from Mac's, a little store at the end of the alley from where we lived.  We both loved the sour grape gumballs.  Mom said they smelled like a bus station and wouldn't let us in the house if we were chewing it!  MV

[blwms]

Hello All!  I'm post op and I've been taking it easy all week and I'd love to party in cyber space.  I've got a crock pot with queso dip and a bag of nachos. If I had to reach for something from my past I'd get a cold glass of milk and a pack of stage plank cookies.  (Stage plank cookies are the gingersnap hand cookies with pink icing)  Anybody know what I'm talking about??

[RavenLady]

Have one of my famous Cyber Maragitas!  That's allowed!  Hey did you see the thread from Mamadabomba?  She's your surgery Cyster on Tuesday!  MV

[fungirl]

Man, this feels great.  Just what I needed tonight.  I love Orange Crush also.  I remember getting Pepsi in the glass bottles and opening them with the handle of the cabinets.  Mom used to get so mad!!  Mary, what the heck is penny candy?  Is that like candy from the gumball machine?  I remember being able to ride my bike all over town and not have to worry about drugs or being kidnapped.  Wish I could let my kids do that!!

[RavenLady]

I do BLWMS!  Welcome to Cyber Party and the RS!  Jon us, a soak s good for healing!  How are you feeling?  MV

[mermaid26]

Thanks for hosting again Raven.  I have Bacardi Rum Bundt cake I'm bringing to the table.  I think the recipe was torn out from an ad in COSMO from the 70's.  My mom always made it to take to work parties at Ohio BELL.  I have strong childhood memories.  I got in trouble and had to do math cards because my uniform was too short in 6th grade.  I'm originally from Cleveland, OH home of the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.  I moved to Atlanta, GA in 1985 to be with my high school sweetheart.  I'm really enjoying the hot tub as ours has been broken for quite some time.  Water restoreths the soul and I really need a trip to the ocean soon!  I remember getting to stay up late for the Carol Burnett show and I used to sneak and sit on the steps and listen to the TV shows I wasn't permitted to see.   I miss the original "Little Drummer Boy" Christmas special.  I always cried when the lamb got hit by the chariot. I cried reading the Lorax, Velveteen Rabbit, Giving Tree, etc...I love children's classics.  My first album was the Doobie Brothers greatest hits.  Thanks sharing memories.

[mermaid26]

Thanks for hosting again Raven.  I have Bacardi Rum Bundt cake I'm bringing to the table.  I think the recipe was torn out from an ad in COSMO from the 70's.  My mom always made it to take to work parties at Ohio BELL.  I have strong childhood memories.  I got in trouble and had to do math cards because my uniform was too short in 6th grade.  I'm originally from Cleveland, OH home of the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.  I moved to Atlanta, GA in 1985 to be with my high school sweetheart.  I'm really enjoying the hot tub as ours has been broken for quite some time.  Water restoreths the soul and I really need a trip to the ocean soon!  I remember getting to stay up late for the Carol Burnett show and I used to sneak and sit on the steps and listen to the TV shows I wasn't permitted to see.   I miss the original "Little Drummer Boy" Christmas special.  I always cried when the lamb got hit by the chariot. I cried reading the Lorax, Velveteen Rabbit, Giving Tree, etc...I love children's classics.  My first album was the Doobie Brothers greatest hits.  Thanks sharing memories.

[fungirl]

I am glad to see you on the RS.  Hope you are feeling well.  Have you got your path report back yet?

[cirella]

OK, no glass slippers...not even the one I have? ;) Can't I at least drink my margarita out of it?

OK, confession time...in high school my friend and I would push our Pinto out of the driveway (which was right under my parent's window) and push start it up the street and then go joy riding.  I have NEVER told my dad that. (Mom is passed away 5 years...she never knew either). And, what is the thing that I'm afraid MY kids will do...uh huh...sneak out.  ha ha I will never tell them I did that until they are older.

People here in the Midwest say POP for soda.  I grew up in CA and we didn't say that. We've been in IL for 7 years and I still refuse to say certain things like POP and "you want to go WITH?" Not sure why...maybe I'm trying to hang on to being a Californian.  ha ha

[fungirl]

Hey, Cirell, where do you live in Illinois?  I grew up in Effingham.  Do you know where that is?

[gah_70]

Hey Toadster....I was at that Elvis concert in 1973 in Honolulu!!!!  I was 3 years old at the time, mind you, but my mom has pictures!  LOL!  

I made potato soup for dinner tonight.  It's so cold out, I have barely made it past the driveway today.  Good day to stay in with a book.  I would love something chocolate, though, so please pass it my way!!

Gail

[cirella]

I live in Rockford. No, sorry, I haven't heard of Effingham.  We moved here 2 years ago from Villa Park.

[fungirl]

Hi Gail, I made brownies, and they are on thier way.  How are you feeling after your bladder procedure?  Did you get the e-card I sent to you?

[toadster]

yup i did  so this party is stil rockin!!!   OKAY I WILKLKBRING ALLLLLLL THE BOOZE AND THE ASPIRIN, TYLENOL, AND BEER WITH TOMOATOE JUICE FOR THE NEXT A.M.  WHAT A FLIPPIN BLAST FROMTHE PAST THIS IS.....LIKEAMAID AND THOSE THINS IN A SRAW RAVEN!!!!!!!!!!man do i evvvvvvvvvverr remember those....peny candies, and in canada we always call pop - pop NOT SODA - THATS WHY YOU ARE RELATING TO THESE HILARIOUS CANADIAN GIRLS YOU ARE SO CLOSE TO BEING LIKE US.....hey get a party going htrow on bobby curtola used to roller skat and ice skate to him and of course The Everly Brothers - who didnt fall in fall necking to that music!!!  Live dances, guys with convertables that new you were just using them for their car asnd if you wer elucky a drie thru the A & W!!!!!!!!!!!! Ohhhhhhhh man that was fun.......youth.....I got caught so much doing petty things not a smart one, but a few times I got away with alot and would not change that time for anything in the world.  I was a wanna be CHer balck hair ot my waist, themakeup, the clothes you name it!!!! I got you babae and the BEAT DOES GO ON!!!!!!!!!!
THen wanted to be a wanna be hippie (lol) that last the summer of 67-69 then gave that up but saw some incredible concerts like Steppenwolf, the Doors twice, Chicago, the beachboys 3times, Dioone Warwick, Petula Clark, Dusty Springfield.......oh and odne forget IT IS MY PARTY AND I WILLCRY IF I WANT TO - you would cry too if it happened to you - Aww how ironic is this.....this is so good for me this eve.
Keep this darn party going...........Kath

[cirella]

Well Ladies...I've got to get out of the tub.  Enjoyed talking with you.  Thanks for the treats and great conversation. Take care and enjoy the rest of the Cyber Party!

One more memory candy...Clark Bars!

Lori

[cirella]

OK, one more...Toadster...you're a hoot.  Glad to see you in such good spirits.  I'll be thinking of you.  Get back here soon after the surgery with GOOD NEWS!

[gah_70]

Hi Kasie,

Feeling pretty good.  All seemed to go well, and it was the most interesting thing to watch.  Still on antibiotics for three more weeks.  But considering I have been on them for 10 out of the last 12 months, that's nothing new.  By the time this is done, my body should be completely rid of any creepy crawly that ever thought about being in it!  

No, I didn't get your e-card!  Hmmmm....did you send it to my hotmail address??  Thanks for thinking of me, though!

And yes....PLEASE pass the brownies!

[blwms]

I got a burst of energy today and did too much.  But other than that I've been resting well and will continue to do so.

Brandi

[mamadabomba]

I'm back hope thats okay? looks like the party is still going!
Thanks for the cyster surgery tip on the toadster. I sent her a comment.
Any egg nogg left? How about those tupperware parties. Rmemember the fuller brush guys that would come to the door selling brushes. Weird now that I think of it! Oh Ice cream trucks!!! I grew up in a neighborhood in Indiana the houses were so close together. All the door to door salesman had regular routes the moms liked that! Still The best was the milk man who delivered milk in those cute glass bottles. Where is he now?  HEE HAW good NOGG !!!!!!!!!!

[SimplyStar]

Hey I went to Glen Miller , Tommy Dorsey , Mitch Miller and all the BIG BANDS, but my biggest claim to fame is that John Wayne and I were both born in the same town in Iowa.

[mermaid26]

Anyone else remember Charles Chips potato chips in the can?

[toadster]

Why does Clark Bars Ring a Bell?  Remember that purple gum - we used to call it soap gum - it looked like a bx of chicklets,  THrills it was called lololol
THen fudgiles for a dime, popsicles were 6 cents  THen those lvoe story mags - used ot buy them all and go babysitting - read more about the styupid love stories than watching the kids that I woul get them to bed early then go through the kitchen checking out any good food .   I do remember playing on this one ladies record splayer Johnny Angel by SHelley Fabares -
well..........over and over and over still sing it when i play it.  So one time I was a nosy kid i saw these pills in a round thigie on her dresser so my girlfriend and i deicided to take one - wel they we wre sicker thasn *)(*)) by the time we got home.............birth control pills. we were 13  - ok whos next???
Toadster

[RavenLady]

Cher hair, I remember that!  I had long wavy har so my sister volunteered to iron it for me!  Ykes, got my ear!  Midwest Gals like me are famous for dangling participles!  I had a friend from Arizona who always told me if the sentence worked with
"A"hole on the end I'd know it was dangling, as on "you wanna go with "A"hole?".  I remember my sister and I leaving the house with sweatshirts and baggy pants only to ditch them in the bushes in favor of the crop tops and tight bell bottoms we had underneath.  Then the make-up went on so by the time we met the gang we were no longer the little "angels" Mom saw leave!  MV